Have you ever been in a situation where you wanted to display a date on a report but the date was in date/time format? I run into this all the time when dealing with detailed data from transactions with date time stamps. The best way I've found to do it is by converting the value [...]
Crystal Clarity for BusinessObjects and Visual Studio .NET
Did you ever read Sherlock Holmes when you were a kid? ...or maybe CSI:Miami is more your style. Sometimes as I work with software I find a mystery. A mystery so unusual that I have to go searching for the answer. At the beginning, I always assume that I know what the outcome will be, [...]
Managing Security Authorizations
A very common question when it comes to SAP BusinessObjects is: How should I manage my SAP BusinessObjects security authorizations? Although that is an extremely broad topic, today I want to discuss the issue of leveraging an external corporate directory to manage user authorizations. NOTE: It's important to remember that only the user/group membership gets [...]
BusinessObjects Security Quiz
Do you understand BusinessObjects security? Granted Yes? Denied No? Not Specified Not Sure? Well now is your chance to prove it. Show us how good you really are. My son always loves to test me with hypotheticals. Dad can I have permission to see that R-rated movie?... No. What if I take the dog for [...]
View or View Lastest Instance
To View or View Latest Instance, that is the question. An Instance ... is also known simply as a Scheduled Instance or Report Instance. If you are new to BusinessObjects, an instance is what we call a report which contains both a report template and data in a single file. In the case of a [...]